#tia watches dw

[expectiations]

so. finally continuing my Doctor Who watch. i wasn't able to liveblog my first watch so here we go...

Doctor Who Series 7 Episode 6

ah this is the wifi episode

ah bummer no captions. my wifi connection is also crap :)

this will take twice as long to watch

oh it's a new one

ah 11's monk era

i NEED captions

SUMMER FALLS BY AMELIA WILLIAMS

waaaait i've seen this area before ... or maybe it just looks similar

well well well hello missy

lmao did he seriously just make the sign of the cross over a "woman"? oh yeah, olden times...

that is such an 11 knock

good thing i've got a bit of a background on some comics and audios where 11 asked his wife for help and she just told him spoilers lol

the fuck was that scary shit

it really needs to be studied how i often forget that Doctor Who's basically aliens, technology, and scary shit T_T

monk era over

aww the beloved bow tie

as much as i love Pond-era 11, 7b 11's outfit looks waaay cooler imo and the way i see it, it's his quiet way of mourning the family he once had :(

at this rate it'll take me forever to finish a single episode :/

I NEED CAPTIONS

tickle me blue but i think this guy played a n*azi in LKH

ah somebody's learned housekeeping (thanks River)

why does 11 look so baby sometimes?

and of course he'd have one

HE LICKED - palms face

the bike! motorbike?

i'm curious whether Matt actually drove the bike or whether it was an extra. will watch confidential afterwards i guess

kids

aw fuck scary part

literal shard

ah uh never ever underestimate the Doctor

i used to have a laptop that small back then

fuuuck what??

Amy's glasses :(

weeell, he used to snog his wife on that console (and more)

i wonder whether any explanation was given for River's name not being part of those circle of names

yaus episode finished

[heatwa-ves]

5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Fprthe ship ones ur fave ship 😚😚🫶💖💖 both enstars and bsd 💖💖💖

WOOOO ok this is gonna be long

enstars:

5. who is your favourite character?

I'm an izumip first and a person second... but if I had to pick a fav i can't choose between izumi leo and ritsu. they're my everythings. do not separate them

6. when you think of the fandom, what image comes to mind?

the fucking. game loading screen. with trickstar on ykwim

8. why did you join the fandom?

it's all my friend keith @/amagiis fault 🤧 they have the incredible power of amontiblorboification

9. what is your favourite fic?

uuuuuu it's hard to pick one but I think to love and to cherish by lyre_love

10. what song do you associate with a ship?

move me by half alive is an izuleo song it's true btw

11. what song do you associate with a character?

sorryyyyy for saying brand new city izumi every time I'm asked this but. it's true. you see the vision you understand

12. favorite headcanon for a character/ship

this is so hard to pick one headcanon... can I say eden gender fuckery. she/her hiyori (not a girl but a Girl yk) she/her transfem ibara he/she nonbinary jun any prns agender nagisa. you see the vision you understand

13. if you could be in the universe of the characters, what would you do first?

well considering I'm not in Japan, don't speak Japanese, can't sing or dance and have awful stage fright, I doubt I'd be anywhere near yumenosaki. if I was in the universe and izumi wanted to say hi I wouldn't mind just saying....

bsd:

5. who is your favourite character?

kyouka izumi the girl of all time she is everything I love her so much

6. when you think of the fandom, what image comes to mind?

the uhhhh the fucking. tia atsushi yag reaction in the server.

8. why did you join the fandom?

ok flashback to early march last year. I was posting as I do and I was like haha what if I get into bsd just for the fics. and my friend vinny @/shipsarebeautiful was like well. that's as good a reason as any. and they told me a bit about bsd and sent me a fic (which I still haven't read uuuuu 🫣) and I was like ooh maybe I'll start it soon idk whatever. and then I went to bed. and woke up at 2am and couldn't get back to sleep and was like fuck it might as well start watching bsd then. so I watched the whole thing in a couple days and went insane

9. what is your favourite fic?

AND ALL I LOVED I LOVED ALONE MY FAVOURITE FIC OF ALL TIME !!!!! honourable mention to morning light which I also adore

10. what song do you associate with a ship? and 11. what song do you associate with a character?

can't think of any for these two rn 🤧

12. favorite headcanon for a character/ship

t4t bi4bi atsulucy

13. if you could be in the universe of the characters, what would you do first?

let's be real I probably wouldn't have an ability but uhhh I'd make it my mission to destroy the order of the clock tower so we don't have to have british people in the manga 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 the 5 seconds of Agatha screentime were nothing but a hallucination dw british people aren't real

[prydon]

Hullo! I'm a bit shy so I'm asking as anon, hope that's okay. Love your blog and your Paul McGann stuffs are just the best and thanks for that holy masterpost!

Do you have a list or recommendation of paul's movie/serie that are save to watch with family's around? Like, don't you hate it when they look at your screen and bam! of all things, erotic/gross stuff are in? ಥ⌣ಥ but kiss scene are okay! Well, at least like the one in DW movie, not too erotic ones. TIA!

ahhhh thanks so much!! as for the answer to your question.... hmm. i can't guarantee these 100% because it's been a while since i've watched them, but some recommendations are:

paul's episodes of marple and poirot

annika

fairytale: a true story

give us a break

moving on

the petrol age

all of which you can find on my filmography masterpost! it's not an exhaustive list, but just some off the top of my head that i enjoyed and that i don't recall having super erotic content. fairytale in particular is a family movie and was one of my absolute favorites growing up.

[denimbex1986]

Calling all DOCTOR WHO fans - I need your help!

I've been re-watching the David Tennant era of DW and just found that my DL of "Doomsday" is missing the last few minutes. Does anyone have a download of the full episode please? TIA for any assistance!

[britishsass]

Jackie Tyler and Tia Zanotto have the same vibes.

[spockvarietyhour]

Prsenting UNIT’s hottest colonel.

[chaoticspacefam]

OC Inspirations Meme: Ni’kasi

Time for the other twin! :D

6 Characters/People (Either RL or Fictional) that inspired (or continue to inspire) Your OC!

Ni’kasi, this time!

1. Joanna Mason (The Hunger Games franchise)

Like Joanna, Ni’kasi is very vocal when it comes to injustices, she’s not afraid to speak her mind if the opportunity presents itself, nor is she above breaking away from authority figures when the time is right. She’s also loyal, though might not seem that way at first as she’s also pretty abrasive until you get to know her more. Uses sarcasm as a defence mechanism. To quote, "How does that sound, huh?! You know you can't PUT, EVERYBODY, IN HERE!!"

2. Tigress (Kung Fu Panda franchise)

"The hardcore does understand, but I can't watch my [friend] be killed”. Ni’kasi acts all tough and “hardcore” as it were on the outside (and she IS also hardcore, don't be mistaken, she takes no shit!), but on the inside she's a huge softie that cares very deeply for her sister, nephew, her partner and her crew. She’d stick by them through thick and thin, no matter what, and do anything she had to do in order to protect them.

3. Prince Nuada (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

Yes, of course, it’s the other Hellboy II twin! Now, I uhm’d and ahh’d a little while over which way around to put these twins in relation to the Ahaszaai girls, because Kas isn’t that great with footwork/swordsmanship (unlike Nuada), however ultimately decided that personality-wise, she’s more similar to him and Saarai is a lot more like Nuala (fun fact tho, in the Zephyrverse AU, Ni’kasi and Jask’s firstborn daughter’s name is actually modelled after Nuala’s, just made more “Chiss-y” ;))

Ni’kasi is inherently distrustful of others, always expecting to be betrayed and willing to plan for the worst, and she and her sister share a Force bond not dissimilar to Nuala and Nuada’s in the movie. Kas would kill for her sister, too, without any hesitation.

4. Tia Dalma/Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise)

Much like Calypso, someone’s first impressions of Ni’kasi are likely to be of someone eloquent and world-wise, but rather unassuming. Only for them to get into a fight and discover she actually has a lot more power between those fingertips than first appears ;3

5. Blind Mag (REPO! The Genetic Opera)

Possible spoiler warning for the REPO! movie tho I’ve tried to be deliberately vague (both bc its a spoiler and bc the actual moment in the movie that is Kas’s (metaphorical, dw lol) parallel with Mag is very gore-y and I know that’s not everyone’s “thing” )

"Come take these eyes, I would rather be BLIND!" These last two might be a swing and miss for some people, REPO! especially is a bit of a cult classic (also an 18 so, not for minors, tho I shouldn't have any of those on this blog as far as I'm aware)

But I see a lot of parallels between Ni'kasi's servitude to Vitiate's Empire and/or Zash, and Blind Mag from REPO! who has to serve Mr Largo in exchange for his company peoviding the special eye implants that allow Mag to see. Mag, of course, eventually decides she doesn't want to do that any more (without giving away spoilers, and it's not an EXACT parallel for obvious reasons, as anyone who has watched REPO! will know what I mean lol) and breaks free of Mr Largo's "control", much like Ni'kasi finally stepping away from the Empire to help Lana and Aria go in search of Vano just before KotfE. Once she knows her sister and nephew are out there, alive and well, and there are other corners of the galaxy they could go to, and that she no longer has to stick with a corrupt regime stuck in its ways despite her attempts to claw to the top and force it to change, she too has to break the Empire's hold on her. It’s a big, defining moment of her character arc, because she finally makes peace with the fact that the Empire doesn’t want change no matter what she does. And in the end, Kas would rather walk away and have them hunt her for the rest of her life than feed the Imperial war machine.

6. Squirrelflight (Warrior Cats franchise)

Spoiler warning for the Power of Three Arc of Warriors even tho its been out many years now, just in case lol

Another one that might be a miss, cause its a series I read when I was a LOT younger (with a very young target audience), and while I've not read any actual Warriors books in a while (I do enjoy other peoples fanfics still, sue me), Squirrelflight's character was one that always stood out to me and I think some of Ni'kasi's traits definitely came from her. Feisty, independant, and incredibly close and loyal to her sister. Like Squirrelflight, Ni'kasi takes the fall (and all the heat) for one of her sister's mistakes so she doesn't have to deal with it, and takes that secret to the metaphorical grave, only finally revealing it to her crew when they meet up with Saarai on Yavin IV and the twins finally reunite for the first time in nearly half a century. <3

[februaryflowers-main]

hey mei! i cant relax at the moment bc i have so many things to do BUT im doing rlly well so dw!

my tbz biases are jacob, juyeon, hyunjae, changmin and sunwoo! i cant seem to pick one bias in any kpop group 😦

hmm i kinda want to, i watch a ton of anime so i can kinda understand so i will one day! go for it mei, picking up chinese sounds rlly interesting

that does make sense and that’s exactly the reason why i dont consider 12am the next day, the sun is not up and i am still up so it is not the next day..

i did! when i was in elementary tho and i also played the violin but instruments were just not doing it for me so i stopped. aaa so true bc of school everyone barely gets any time for their hobbies like arts, music or sports

oh but im not confident in showing my poetry or singing anywhere, i would be so embarrassed..

i will thank u sm! but i will send my thoughts (me screaming abt how good it is) immediately

omg this gose episode was so funny, they never disappoint actually and omg seokmin teasing them was so evil PLEASEE seungkwan’s reaction 😭

my bias wreckers are chan, vernon and mingyu 😵‍💫 chan is just SOOO CUTEE and hes so talented and hes so funny.. im an in-denial dinonara rn

i think ur animal crossing carrd is so cute! whos ur favorite villager? i dont play but i absolutely adore ac

much love

- carat anon 🎀

ahh best of luck on all your things!

that's okay i can't pick one bias either fbieuwbfwiuf

you're so smart :O i barely picked up anything when i watched anime

ex-violin buddies :O that's okay instruments aren't for everyone!

i'm sure you're a lovely singer and poet 🥺and the practice can definitely help you get even better in the future too

if you have recommendations i'll try and check em out :O

gad all their reactions were so funny fweubfwueif

i have some chan bias friends id say theyre rubbing off on me but i think he just kinda 😵‍💫sometimes

ahhh thank you 🥺my favorite villagers are all the ones in my carrd :O (so skye, maple, tia, molly, tutu and merengue) but if i had to pick one maybe molly? ik you said you don't play but do you have a favorite?

how's your day been/going?

[nightqueendany]

Leaks, Fleaks, and the Fucking Ending of Game of Thrones

I will be discussing Friki leaks in this post and other potential “leaks” as seen on Free Folk Reddit so if you don’t want spoilers, don’t read! I will also be discussing THAT ONE theory/leak I freaked out about several weeks ago and refused to talk about except to a few people who private messaged me about it.

I will be theorizing heavily in this post in an attempt to put all the “leaks” together so take this all with a grain of salt. I am not a primary source or even a secondary source for this information, so what I say here could very well be 100% wrong.

“Leakers” I am pulling from in this post:

Frikidoctor

BoatSexBaby

ThrowItAway / DeathWisher

TyrionKillsEveryone

Please keep in mind, I am not a member of the Reddit community (well, have an account, almost never use it), so I am unfamiliar with certain users on the site, what has been discussed at length between all users, what’s been refuted if it’s not on the front page of Free Folk, and what comments any of these users have made if they’re more than a few weeks old. Please also note I am not a native Spanish speaker so I have to read Friki’s stuff from translations so if the translations are incorrect, I will be. If anyone has any additional input, please feel free to reblog to correct any misinformation I may include in this.

First off, Friki.

As we’ve seen from Friki’s Season 7 leaks and his incredibly detailed leaks about 8x01, Friki is legit. There really is no arguing with this so I believe it is pointless to do so. However, we must keep in mind Friki is not someone who is on set, his sources are not on set all the time (I believe), and for this season, he has not seen an final scripts. So we likewise must take what Friki says with a grain of salt. Friki was also off by two weeks when it came to when the New York premiere would be, so it’s possible he could be wrong about things or his source doesn’t give him full information or gives him incorrect information.

BoatSexBaby

Again, sorry, I am not familiar with the reputations of people on Reddit FreeFolk so I don’t know if this person is seen as a legitimate leaker or fleaker. However, regardless of whether they have correct information, BSB seems to be a total savant when it comes to putting filming information together! It’s kind of astounding. I had attempted to do this once, but it was completely overwhelming but BSB has done it. It seems BSB’s info so far as what happens in the season is more based on assumptions based on filming info than actual leaks. But the information is still incredibly helpful.

ThrowItAway/DeathWisher

I don’t believe this is the same person but DeathWisher recently linked back to ThrowItAway’s old POST from a few months ago so I’m crediting both of them here. ThrowItAway claims to be related to someone who worked on the Belfast set and had second hand information of what would happen during the Battle for Winterfell in 8x03. Info that was correct: 1) Arya would jump down from somewhere (a tree?) to kill the NK 2) Theon would charge NK and die 3) Lyanna Mormont would become a wight. That has all been proven true and these leaks were from 4 months ago. So the information TIA’s brother gave them about future episodes may be true as well. Though, TIA admits that their brother did not work on sets aside from the Belfast one and so heard the leaks about the other episodes from other crew members - meaning the brother is a secondary source for this info, not a primary one. Also, TIA seems pretty adamant that it’s highly possible multiple endings were filmed.

TyrionKillsEveryone

Now, anyone who knows of TKE from FreeFolk and Friki is probably wondering why the fuck I’m bringing him up right now because apparently everything he said would happen in the first couple episodes has turned out to be complete bullshit (though for some reason, I can’t find those posts/comments, so have to rely on people talking about “leaks” TKE claimed for Eps 1&2). However, out of all the theories I’ve read on the ending to GOT and now with this info from ThrowItAway, I more inclined than ever to believe such an ending so that’s why I’ve included them in this post.

So, what do the “leakers” have to offer us?

Friki:

Friki claims that THE big moment in this final season will be Tyrion’s trial in the Dragonpit and Tyrion’s death. He refutes a previous theory of his that Tyrion and Sansa would betray the Starks and says Sansa will not betray them, Tyrion will (unclear if Dany is included in this - as either Team Stark or on Tyrion’s side...but as Dany is on the side of the Starks now, it appears Tyrion would betray her too...?). Friki says an important scene will take place with five key characters: Jon, Sansa, Arya, Daenerys, and Tyrion. Friki was told this big scene took five days to film (hinting at it being all conflict). The most shocking moment of the season/series should be Tyrion’s death. Friki admits he doesn’t know how Tyrion will die, or why he will betray Team Jon/Dany but just knows that he will. He notes Emilia Clarke never filmed anything in Seville, she was never there. He says Kit Harington was in Seville but did not film a single scene there.

I know people might take this as “fake news” and believe Kit actually did film in Seville but lots of GOT actors were in Seville who I can’t really believe were filming there - most notably, Tom Wlaschiha who played Jaqen H'ghar, Faye Marsay who played the Waif, and Vladimír Furdík who played the Night King.

So, unless Arya never killed the Waif or the Night King in a permanent way, it’s clear HBO just flew in lots of GOT actors to throw people off...OR may have flown them in, along with their body doubles, for the GOT Documentary which will air right after the series finale. More on this in a moment.

BoatSexBaby:

Alright, first off, I’ll start with what BSB may have gotten wrong...unless the NK isn’t completely dead and he somehow has to be defeated again. BSB claimed HERE that 1) Dance of Dragons between NK/Viserion and Dany/Drogon would happen in Episode 6 in King’s Landing and Jon/Rhaegal may be involved - untrue, kind of, this happened in Ep3 2) Golden Company attack Winterfell - TOTALLY FALSE. And preview for next weeks seems to see everyone headed down south to attack Cersei instead (though BSB did say survivors retreat south so maybe this is the true part of people going south) 3) NK has real motivations that tie all WW scenes together from 1x01 - maybe. We certainly didn’t see this prior but it could be revealed in future. The way the NK was defeated just felt way too clean to me. If he’s really gone and was a red herring, that’s one elaborate 8000 year old red herring. FFS.

What BSB does actually have to offer, is her dedication to documenting filming news. According to BSB, we know: 1) the green dragon mount was moved prior to filming King’s Landing battle scenes hinting at it being used in those scenes - however, the only actor available for filming such scenes was allegedly Vladimír Furdík, as Kit and Emilia were not in Belfast at the time. 2) Body doubles in Seville who may have been filming or may have been part of the GOT documentary were doubles for: Sansa, Tyrion, Jon, Brienne, Grey Worm, and Robin Arryn. BSB is also of the belief that Kit actually did film in Seville but filmed night scenes? And that there were CGI/VFX sequences for the Dragonpit scene or Tyrion’s trial. Friki said the Dragonpit scene included no CGI so it’s unclear which is correct.

ThrowItAway/DeathWisher

As stated, ThrowItAway gave leaks for 8x03 several months ago that ended up panning out so, it could be possible their other statements about future episodes could be true too. TIA posted some things and also messaged DW some spoilers for the ending. Some key points, but certainly not ALL: 1) Varys betrays Dany because he believes Jon would make a better ruler (something TKE also speculated) and Dany has him executed 2) Dany attacks King’s Landing 3) Tyrion convinces Jon that Dany is a danger to him and the Starks and Jon kills Dany 4) Prior to her death, Sansa and Tyrion appear to plot against Dany/try to separate her and Jon 5) Sansa has made some sort of promise to Tyrion that she and him will rule together but she betrays him in the end 6) Jon has two possible endings: Death or reforming the Night’s Watch (unclear how he would die).

This is a lot to unpack here and it should be noted that TIA has stated these “leaks” are to be taken with a grain of salt because a) their brother did not work on these episodes and heard this from other crew members who did work on them and b) they seem highly convinced that multiple endings were filmed and Emilia Clarke has talked about filming fake scenes.

TyrionKillsEveryone

I haven’t been able to see TKEs old posts on the early episodes and have only read their “leaks” from other commenters who have gleefully bragged about how incorrect TKE was. I think one of the major TKE fleaks was that Dany would find out she was pregnant in 8x01 and that Varys would try to kill her with poison (because he believes she’s becoming like Aerys and Jon would be a better King) but Arya would save her. This clearly did not happen in 8x01 so it’s easy to write off TKE for just this alone.

However, TKEs points about the later episodes just STRUCK me and affected me deeply which is why I’m going to include them. TKE says that yes, Tyrion will have a trial, as Friki said, and Tyrion will be on trial for betraying Jon and Daenerys and killing Jon - how does Tyrion kill Jon? He stabs him in the back in the black cells of the Red Keep after taking him down to see Dany - who is Cersei’s captive - where she is bleeding to death either from being stabbed by Bronn or complications with childbirth. I think both were mentioned, Unclear which TKE was leaning more toward.

At Tyrion’s trial, TKE says Tyrion will have an epic speech like he did in his trial for killing Joffrey, and will name everyone present as guilty as him. That their petty wars and fights all caused harm to the smallfolk, damaged the country, something like this. And at the end of Tyrion’s speech, Bronn will ignite the wildfire under the Dragonpit like he did on the Blackwater, and blow everyone up - killing every single major character - Arya, Sansa, Davos, Tyrion...anyone else who is present in the Dragonpit. They’ll all die.

TKE claims the last shots of the series are the smallfolk rebuilding Westeros, living their lives in peace, because they have no lords preying on them, telling them to fight their wars, etc. And that is the “Dream of Spring.”

What does it all mean?

It’s pretty difficult to tell at this point because the Night King is defeated (or so we think) and the living are somewhat intact - at least many of our major characters - Jaime, Brienne, Grey Worm, Jon, Sansa, Dany, Arya, Tyrion, Varys, Pod, Tormund, Sam, Gilly, the Hound...they all got out of the Battle with barely scratches on them. It’s incredibly disconcerting. As if luring us into this false sense of security.

But this false sense of security is exactly the kind of thing GOT would do before really bringing down the sledgehammer to our hearts. So, what does it all mean?

1) Three of the leakers save TIA have specifically talked about Tyrion’s trial. To me, this seems highly likely to happen.

2) BSB has some amazing evidence for why there will be CGI/VFX during Tyrion’s trial but I think her assumption about what this could mean is wrong - it won’t be a dragon fight (though there will be dragons in King’s Landing at some point). The VFX for Tyrion’s trial could be for the wildfire explosion that TKE talks about.

3) If TIA is correct about Sansa leading Tyrion on only to betray him in the end and take power for herself, then it makes Sansa a villain too. And this was the last piece of info I was really waiting for because...

It is KEY to believing TKE’s ending.

Because with everyone plotting against everyone and fighting for power, it means they learned nothing from having to band together to defeat the Night King and are all still fighting their petty wars and as Tyrion will (maybe) say in his trial, they’re all guilty.

TKE said something about Sansa inviting all the Lords/Ladies of the realm come to Tyrion’s trial so they can simultaneously swear her their allegiance. This would support why Robin Arryn is at Tyrion’s trial. Because without this, it seems odd that he would be there at all. We haven’t seen him since Season 6, though his armies have been present in S7 and S8.

While I am not sure which to believe out of TIA and TKE’s endings for Jon and Dany - Jon-kills-Dany or Jon-and-Dany-die-together - I am pretty convinced of this theory that Tyrion, does in fact, kill everyone with wildfire in the Dragonpit. You guys might think I’m crazy, might hate me for pointing this out, but I just feel this ending in my bones and have for several weeks. I was kind of hoping for a Jon-Dany-house-with-a-red-door ending - they get resurrected or don’t die and live in hiding or amongst the small-folk and get a somewhat happy ending. But I am not holding my breath.

And for those who want a little bit more further proof of a TKE-like ending, for those saying things like “What’s the point?” “Who would rule?” “So it’s just anarchy?” “Is this some weird eat the rich bullshit?” - I have one more piece of evidence for you.

D&D said the ending to GOT was hidden in their Spotify playlist. And one of the songs on the playlist was Black Sabbath’s War Pigs. The lyrics of which are:

Gen'rals gathered in their masses, Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction, Sorcerer of death's construction In the fields the bodies burning, As the war machine keeps turning Death and hatred to mankind, Poisoning their brainwashed minds Oh Lord yeah

Politicians hide themselves away They only started the war Why should they go out to fight? They leave that role for the poor, yeah

Time will tell on their power minds, Making war just for fun Treating people just like pawns in chess, Wait 'till their judgement day comes, yeah

Now in darkness world stops turning, Ashes where the bodies burning No more War Pigs have the power, Hand of God has struck the hour Day of judgement, God is calling On their knees the war pigs crawling, Begging mercies for their sins Satan, laughing, spreads his wings Oh Lord yeah

This is why, weeks ago, I posted this Jorah quote:

In the books, it’s a bit better: “The common people pray for rain, healthy children, and a summer that never ends," Ser Jorah told her. "It is no matter to them if the high lords play their game of thrones, so long as they are left in peace....They never are."

And it’s why around the same time, I also posted this:

“Animals are true to their nature. And we had betrayed ours.” All the living, despite fighting together against the dead, have still betrayed their nature, fighting against each other, fighting for power. When they should be working together and feel lucky they’re all alive.

In the books, Brienne V in AFFC, there is a great speech commonly called by the fandom, “The Broken Man Speech” - which, coincidentally, the episode above is called. Not for no reason, I believe.

Some significant quotes from the book version of the Broken Man speech:

“Broken men are more deserving of our pity, though they may be just as dangerous. Almost all are common-born, simple folk who had never been more than a mile from the house where they were born until the day some lord came round to take them off to war. Poorly shod and poorly clad, they march away beneath his banners, ofttimes with no better arms than a sickle or a sharpened hoe.”

“They see the lord who led them there cut down, and some other lord shouts that they are his now."

“...before long they are stealing from the living too, from the smallfolk whose lands they’re fighting in, men very like the men they used to be.”

“They don’t know where they are or how to get back home and the lord they’re fighting for does not know their names, yet here he comes, shouting for them to form up, to make a line with their spears and scythes and sharpened hoes, to stand their ground. And the knights come down on them, faceless men clad all in steel, and the iron thunder of their charge seems to fill the world …  “And the man breaks. “He turns and runs, or crawls off afterward over the corpses of the slain, or steals away in the black of night, and he finds someplace to hide. All thought of home is gone by then, and kings and lords and gods mean less to him than a haunch of spoiled meat that will let him live another day, or a skin of bad wine that might drown his fear for a few hours. The broken man lives from day to day, from meal to meal, more beast than man. Lady Brienne is not wrong. In times like these, the traveler must beware of broken men, and fear them … but he should pity them as well.”

And for those saying this can’t possibly be GRRM’s message....well, it just might be:

Now, how well have D&D executed such an ending if this is, indeed, the ending?

I would say, pretty shittily. It’s not an A or an A+. Because unlike Breaking Bad, we’re still rooting for these characters with only 3 episodes to go. In Breaking Bad, you get that Walter is a villain, he’s “The one who knocks.” He’s the bad guy and he deserves what’s coming to him. Jesse was a prisoner in the end so we’re glad he gets out and gets free.

But with GOT, if everyone ends up being a villain and dying for their sins, it’s shitty. I have faith GRRM would do much better with such an ending. Give us other characters, the smallfolk, to care about to ease the pain of losing our other faves, the mains. But with only 240 minutes to go, there’s no way D&D could make us hate the current characters in a way that makes us also not hate the writers too and the entire series. It���s like...well fuck, why did I ever care in the first place?

Especially as a Dany fan because her whole story has been about what GRRM talks about in the video above. Yes, she has to have this war to take power against Cersei, but she’s the ONLY character who wants to change, make real change that will make a difference to the common man. She wants to “break the wheel that has rolled over rich and poor to the benefit of no one but the Cersei Lannister’s of the world.” She wants to do that!

So if this is the GOT ending, I’m pissed. Because it’s as if Dany’s purpose is just...forgotten. Or not worthy because she wants to take power and get revenge for her family at the same time. Perhaps it’s because of this, I still am holding out one last sliver of hope that Dany and Jon survive, because out of everyone, their motives most closely align to this ideal.

But again, not holding my breath.

And if you guys don’t hate me after reading this, let me know what you think!

[expectiations]

the way my mind works is musing over how Eleven never mentions River's name again onscreen (apparently he kept on mentioning her to Clara as 'Professor Song') while planning an edit because earlier today, I encountered a River hater gloating over how the Doctor moved on so quickly from River because he never mentioned her again and that she's not that important because the Doctor didn't spend billions of years (relative) trying to get her back after having a conversation with @croxxbunx over Eleven not mentioning River in series 7b after she sent this reel to wondering whether Twelve had done the same post-Darillium to dropping my edit planning because I wanted to continue my series 10 watch. After all, I wanted to know whether Twelve made any River namedrop other than that one deleted scene in Thin Ice. oh wait no that's not a River namedrop.

anyways...

YOUR NAME Your name is something I will never forget. The way it made me smile when I would say it. Now I can't even bear to say it without a tear coming down my eye or the thought of me never finding another you ever again. It's like a spell that won't cast. It's the curse of me never saying it again. anatomy of a broken soul - sehejspoetry

I've seen much hate (or glee) over Eleven not even talking about or mentioning River throughout series 7b. But then I recall Clara telling River that the Doctor mentioned her as 'Professor Song'. I also remember the moments that River is alluded to throughout series 7b. And those three minutes~ish in TNOTD where we get the most romantic DoctorRiver scene in the history of evers where the Doctor tells River that she is always there to him, and he always listens, and he can always see her.

The reason he didn't speak to her, didn't say her name, didn't tell Clara who she was to him, was because he thought it would hurt too much.

And he was right.

River may have already experienced Darillium with Twelve, but from Eleven's POV, he genuinely believed that his time with River had run its course.

When I lost a dear family member about a decade ago, it took me years before I was able to say her name out loud again. I just realized it now after ruminating on the Doctor's grief and their reticence of mentioning River or saying her name.

It's not because they've moved on fairly quickly even though that seems to be the general consensus. As the poem above aptly described, it is the profound pain and fear the Doctor feels over the probability of never seeing their wife ever again. I only had less than half a decade's worth of memories with my loved one, but it physically pained me to utter her name out loud, even a mere whisper. Now think about the Doctor, who had decades upon decades worth of memories with River Song. How much more would it pain them?

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